Gniminou Surname

231,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gniminou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gniminou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1,6511:11,116986
Ivory Coast861:268,27010,467
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Gniminou (121) may also be a first name.

Gniminou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gniminou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gniminou occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gniminou? popularity and diffusion

Gniminou is the 231,373rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,171,463 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gniminou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 848,089th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 121 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,651 people, or 1 in 11,116. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 46 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside and Mali, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimino8620/
Nimingo802/
Nimenou801/
Hniminau7543/
Gnemenou7514/
Nimeno7150/
Nimina7110/
Nemino715/
Nimiño712/
Nimengoue711/
Ngimina6734/
Neminot6717/
Nimmina6715/
Nimaina6711/
Niemina678/
Niminie675/
Niminye672/
Nimenoi671/
Nimuina671/
Nimengo671/
Niminei671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gniminou
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